Cory Bird

Executive Vice President/Chief Technology Officer

Cory has over 28 years at Scaled Composites, and has held several positions, starting as a composite technician on the Scarab Model 324 high-performance reconnaissance unmanned aircraft in 1985 and most recently as chief engineer for the Stratolaunch program.

Over the course of his career, Cory has held increasing roles directly supporting design, development and execution of over 45 prototype vehicles ranging from space to air to sea, including SpaceShipOne, SpaceShipTwo, White Knight, WhiteKnightTwo, Proteus, Orion, Tier II+, Triumph and many others. Cory is a private pilot and has designed, built and flight tested his own award-winning N241ST Symmetry aircraft.

Cory's commitment to designing solutions that offer the most efficient structural arrangements, manufacturing methods and overhead for specific program requirements has been instrumental to the success of Scaled Composites’ leadership in rapid prototyping and innovation.